Determining the crystal-field ground state in rare earth heavy fermion materials using soft-x-ray absorption spectroscopy

We infer that soft-x-ray absorption spectroscopy is a versatile method for the determination of the crystal-field ground state symmetry of rare earth Heavy Fermion systems, complementing neutron scattering. Using realistic and universal parameters, we provide a theoretical mapping between the polari...

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Hauptverfasser: Hansmann, Philipp (VerfasserIn) , Haverkort, Maurits W. (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal) Kapitel/Artikel
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2007
In: Arxiv

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Verfasserangaben:P. Hansmann, A. Severing, Z. Hu, M.W. Haverkort, C.F. Chang, S. Klein, A. Tanaka, H.H. Hsieh, H.-J. Lin, C. T. Chen, B. Fåk, P. Lejay, and L.H. Tjeng
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Zusammenfassung:We infer that soft-x-ray absorption spectroscopy is a versatile method for the determination of the crystal-field ground state symmetry of rare earth Heavy Fermion systems, complementing neutron scattering. Using realistic and universal parameters, we provide a theoretical mapping between the polarization dependence of Ce $M_{4,5}$ spectra and the charge distribution of the Ce $4f$ states. The experimental resolution can be orders of magnitude larger than the $4f$ crystal field splitting itself. To demonstrate the experimental feasibility of the method, we investigated CePd$_2$Si$_2$, thereby settling an existing disagreement about its crystal-field ground state.
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